Zida Wang (Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art), manager of academic and community engagement, presented “From Visitors to Curators: Empowering Youth Through Digital Museum Curation” at the 2026 Imagining Creative Worlds: Common Ground Imagining Futures Series on November 11, 2026.
The presentation highlighted UNLV NextGen Curators, a summer camp program that brought together Fine Arts, Engineering, and Communication Studies to introduce high school students to digital exhibition-making. Through virtual environments and collaborative projects, students created exhibitions exploring personal identity, memory, and community.
Wang discussed how digital curation can empower young people to move beyond traditional museum visitor roles and become creators, curators, and active participants in shaping museum experiences.
